McLemore - Charles Napier! Legendary policemen, who is of course a rogue and master monster fighter.

Carla - Inexperienced and easily frightened, has apparently been a McLemore fan for some time.

Captain Robertson - Bo Svenson! While he is a jerk, he still manages to use a large rifle and an ax to fight the monster.

Jerry - McLemore's partner, he doesn't really do a lot except follow McLemore, make comments, and then get slain by a baby monster.

Lady Elaine - Julie Newmar! Psychic who for some reason decides to tell McLemore about the monster.

Bum - Drunk bum who sees the message tube (er, space ship) crash, and is later eaten by the monster in the city (by an amazing coincidence).

Dr. Forsythe - James Booth! Creepy scientist who sends a command via computer (strange, yes) to the monster in order to prevent its destruction. Gets away scot free, apparently.

The Plot:

Deep Space begins as what appears to be a message tube flies across space. But, alas, it is a government craft which for some reason has a giant living rock in it. Needless to say, the rock survives the crash and two teenagers stumble upon it and are devoured. Enter McLemore and tag along partner, Jerry. They snoop about the crash and find two smaller living rocks and steal them for some reason. Why they're even investigating is beyond me, since their boss suspended them.

Anyway, some military guy decides the creature must be destroyed, so creepy scientist Forsythe gives it a command to hide out and kill people. Enter the Alien-ish creature, which emerges from the rock. It easily eliminates the scientist who was trying to figure out what he was made of, and miraculously makes it out of the middle of a police station without being seen. Soon it hides in a warehouse and occasionally eats some poor sap.

For some reason, Julie Newmar calls McLemore and tells him about the creature. She's psychic and picked him to find it for some reason. So he has his living rock drilled into, and a little spider monster comes out and attacks the entomologist. After being tossed in a container with some gases, it expires. At this point, McLemore and Carla realize they should warn Jerry. They blow through traffic to get there, but are too late. Jerry is being eaten by the baby as he arrives, and he eventually smacks it out a window with a baseball bat, killing it.

Now, of course, McLemore must get revenge! He gets what appears to be a SPAS-12, a semi auto, a revolver and a knife. Julie Newmar again tells him where the creature is, they find it, and he goes in to fight it alone. Alas, his shotgun is not very useful against the creature. Luckily, Carla called for backup and comes in to help. They're about to lose, when McLemore's boss shows up and starts blasting away. After he runs empty, an ax and a chainsaw finish it off.

Deep Space is one of the better bad movies I've seen. Its flagrant ripping off of Alien is quite amusing, and it has quite a few great one liners. Charles Napier is perfectly cast as the gruff and tough McLemore. The monster itself, what little we see of it, is quite interesting as well. And, of course, if you manage to see the movie cover and the movie, you'll be amused. The cover is totally unrelated, and the description is an outright lie. It says the monster terrorizes a "small town" (NYC is small!?), and it lays thousands of eggs (a far cry from the reality of 2). I never forgot the movie because of that fact.

Things I Learned From This Movie:

Chainsaws and axes are more effective than bullets against government bio-weapons.

Monsters are easily sensed by psychics.

Scots don't mind people playing bag pipes, ever.

Cars blow up quite easily.

Teenage punks always carry guns and do not hesitate to use them.

Police officers crack jokes in any situation.

Even monsters have to be read their Miranda rights.

Getting bitten in the neck by a baby monster SUCKS.

Bullet proof monsters have easily damaged tentacles.

Monsters will eat anything you put in their mouth.

When tossing vicious monsters aside, be careful where you throw them.

Women carry baseball bats with them at all times late at night.

Gigantic monsters that constantly make distorted growling sounds can easily sneak around out of sight.

Stuff To Watch For:

2 mins - Someone's sending a message tube across space?

4 mins - Ack! Julie Newmar!

8 mins - "Just a kid", the first of a series of clichés. Joy.

10 mins - Great, the "Arch Rival Jerk Commanding Officer" character.

11 mins - Gee, he refused to give his partner a gun, think that'll end up hurting him somehow?

12 mins - Stupid and curious young people, they had to be the first victims of course.

31 mins - That GIGANTIC and NOISY thing snuck out of a police station? How did it even fit through the door!? It's 4 feet wide with a big belly!

31 mins - Man is torn apart in seconds while examining a living rock found at a brutal double murder. No one entered the room. Hmm. McLemore's partner and the rest of the police force can't figure it out!

I loved this movie so much, when a local video store went out of business I bought it! The interesting looking monster was (cheaply, I'm sure) rented from New World Cinema from an early movie called Forbidden World (I think, or is that another name for Inseminoid? I can't remember)and the spaceship message tube is black and white footage bought from Night of the Creeps! So is the meteor crash!Now, has anyone seen a great movie called Scared to Death?This has badmovies.org written all over it!

Ack, Julie Newmar?????????What the hell is that supposed to mean?She is a beautiful, leggy, sexy woman in every sense.You must be blind or something to say such a thing.She is a "honey" even in her old age now.That woman will always be FINE!!!!